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Background<br />

• It is estimated that up to 39% of residents<br />

living in Long-Term Care (LTC) are<br />

anticipated to die each year by the year 2020<br />

(Fisher, Ross, McLean, 2000).<br />

• LTC has become a major location of death for<br />

people in Canada<br />

• Formal palliative care programs in LTC<br />

homes that aim to relieve suffering <strong>and</strong><br />

improve the quality of living until a person<br />

dies are rare.<br />

palliativealliance.ca

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